I’m posting this now before I forget. Back in November a friend of mine called Mary linked me to some really interesting videos. They are no longer online, at least for the time being. The videos were short documentaries on different subjects with a distinctively philosophical and musical approach.
One episode was about men and women. All sorts of points were raised, from the hard-core feminist to the absolute chauvinist. One point that I particularly found empathy with was Marianne Williamson’s view that feminism/ current gender ethics has resulted in “a generation of hard women and soft men.” And I agree to an extent. Here is a trailer for that video. For the time being you can’t watch the full video, but if it’s ever back online again I’ll post about it.
Here’s something I wrote a while ago and I still stand by these words:
Boys and girls are different, suited to different things. Feminism seems to have become hypocritical, given that many feminists are almost saying that women should be more aggressive, go-getting, forthright and ambitious. These things are very masculine. There is nothing bad about femininity, femininity is beautiful. I do not want to be masculine, but I grew up thinking that women should be masculine, lest they betray the sisterhood. I see myself as a feminist because I want to celebrate my femininity; I want to celebrate my passivity, my desire for a simple and ordinary life, my joy in domesticity and family. I do not mean that I am meek or submissive, I mean that I think ambition and greed and forthrighteousness is ugly and unsustainable. Life is a balance. A world that becomes too masculine will be a world that destroys itself.
Welcome to the new Nothing Like WI blog. It’s been two weeks since our launch meeting so it’s about time we shared what went on.
The Town Crier came along to officially announce our beginning. I’ve seen this guy in town before wearing four stripes on his red coat, hollering almost too loud to hear. It was nice to hear him talk at a normal volume about his job and adventures around the world shouting about stuff.
The rest of the meeting was spent brainstorming ideas of what kind of things we’d like to do. We’re still working on it. There’s so much we want to do, it’s just a case of finances and finding the things that most of us are keen to experience. It seems that there’s some talent hiding within the group, so maybe we can learn from each other too. For those who want to read the detailed meeting minutes please click on the picture below. (They’re not signed off yet, so are subject to change).
Things to do between now and the next meeting: ask around about speakers on interesting subjects. If you know someone with something amazing to teach or say then find out if they’d come and speak for less money than they are worth (because we’re not rolling in it yet).
Pop back here between meetings for ideas, recipes and links. This blog will gather together all sorts of interesting things related to gender issues, life, community, culture and more. If you have something you want to feature on the blog then get in contact with me.
